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Letters sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, refugees from Poland to the Soviet Union, 17 February 1941 and 27 December 1945

Letters sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, refugees from Poland to the Soviet Union, 17 February 1941 and 27 December 1945 - Letter sent by Sara Fridlender and members of her family in Rudnik to her sister in Eretz Israel, 17 February 1941; the letter contains the addresses of other family members in the Soviet Union: R. Fridlender in Mariupol and Leiba Brand in Zhmerinka. - Another letter sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, 27 December 1945. Notes from Yehudit Glicksberg, who submitted the material: The family escaped from Poland to the...

File Number : 2254

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Personal documentation of Szeiman family members, including work permits, an application for unemployment benefits, a certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Szeiman as a policeman, and other documents, 1946-1949 - Identity cards of Majer Shejman, born in 1942, and Izchak Sheimann, born in 1943, issued in Wels DP camp, 30 October 1946; - Certificate confirming that Mendel Szeiman completed a Police training course in Ebelsberg DP camp, held, 07-12 March 1948; - Certificate confirming the employment of Mendel Scheinmann, born in Tomasow (apparently Tomaszow Lubelski), 25 December 1912, as a...

File Number : 754

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Letter sent by Dawid Brzoza from Ostrow Mazowiecka to his relatives in Eretz Israel, 1938

Letter sent by Dawid Brzoza from Ostrow Mazowiecka to his relatives in Eretz Israel, 1938 Note: On the back of the letter there is a notice regarding the public sale of his property which was published 08 February 1938. Notes from Nechama Golobinski who submitted the material: Dawid Brzoza perished with his wife and children during the Holocaust. His parents Yitzchak Dov and Chaya Sarah (Kasher) Brzoza made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1934. His brother Meir made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1932. His sister Mina (the mother of Nechama Golobinski who submitted the material) made aliya in 1936. His sister...

File Number : 2249

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Postcard sent by Solomon Posner from Oswiecim to Lena Kofman, a relative in Eretz Israel, 06 November 1938, and a discharge certificate from military service issued to Moses Israel Schnapp in Vienna, 15 April 1940 Moses Schnapp was born in Przemyslany, Poland, 21 January 1904 (according to what was entered on the certificate). Notes from Rachel (Posner) Yakimovski who submitted the material: Shlomo and Matilda (Bruner) Posner lived in Oswiecim. They had eight children of whom only one daughter survived - Rachel [the submitter of the material]. Shlomo and Matilda perished in the Holocaust. Moshe Israel...

File Number : 2247

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : German - Hebrew Characters, German

Postcards and letters sent to Giza (Wachspress) and Jur Jucui Prowizor in Lwow and Yoshkar Ola by members of the Wachspress family in Tarnow, 1940-1941, correspondence between Giza and Jur during his military service as a Red Army soldier, 1944-1945 - Postcards and letters sent to Jur (Juciu) and Giza (Wachspress) Prowizor in Lwow and Yoshkar Ola by members of the Wachspress family in Tarnow, 1940-1941; the last postcard was sent by Dora Wachspress, 06 May 1941(all the letters and postcards have been translated into Hebrew); - Letter written by Giza Prowizor in the Soviet Union to her parents in Tarnow,...

File Number : 2246

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Poem/song, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Russian, German

Rabbinic ordination certificate received by Jacob Mandelbaum after completing his studies at the Wolozyn Yeshiva, 09 October 1913

Rabbinic ordination certificate received by Jacob Mandelbaum after completing his studies at the Wolozyn Yeshiva, 09 October 1913 Rabbi Jacob Mandelbaum from Siedlce received rabbinic ordination when he was only 18 years old.

File Number : 1212

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : Hebrew

Letters and postcards sent by members of the Kurzer and Herschman families in Zborow and Drohobycz to Jetka Kurzer, her brother Wolku Kurzer and Wolku's wife Sulamit (Herschman) Kurzer in Eretz Israel, 1937-1941 - Letter sent by Yaakov (last name is missing) to his nephew Jakob Haber in Vienna, 10 August 1934; - Letter sent by family members in the United States to Wolku Kurzer, 08 September 1937; - Two letters sent to Wolku Kurzer in Eretz Israel by his brother, Juda Kurzer, from Zborow, 09 March 1937 and 03 February 1938; - Letters and postcards sent to Jetka (Jetti) Kurzer in Eretz Israel by her...

File Number : 2245

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish, Ukrainian

Postcard sent by Sara Karpen from Sweden to Zdunska Wola in order to locate surviving family members, 08 August 1945

Postcard sent by Sara Karpen from Sweden to Zdunska Wola in order to locate surviving family members, 08 August 1945 Notes from Leah (Karpen) Finklestein who submitted the material: Sara (Karpen) Speyer survived Auschwitz, and moved to Sweden after the liberation. Her sister Leah (Karpen) Finklestein, who submitted the material, found the postcard after she returned to Zdunska Wola from the Soviet Union at the end of the war.

File Number : 2243

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Polish

Letters sent by the Steiner family in Brody to their relatives in the United States before the war

Letters sent by the Steiner family in Brody to their relatives in the United States before the war Original documentation: - Letter sent by Chana (Steiner) Spodek from Brody to her sister in the United States (undated). Photocopy: - Letter in Yiddish sent by Shlomo Yaakov Steiner from Brody to his son Ben Zion Steiner in the United States, 17 August (no year given); - Letter in German sent by Henrich Steiner (brother of Chana [Steiner] Spodek) from Brody to members of his family in the United States (undated). Notes from Zipporah (Spodek) Rom who submitted the material: Yehuda Spodek (born in...

File Number : 2241

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German, Yiddish

Personal documents of Jakob Hersch Klagsbald, born in Jedlicze, Poland, 1909, including an identity card, confirmation of his internment at the Dachau camp, confirmation of his transfer to the Feldafing DP camp and more - Certificate issued by the Union of Jewish Craftsmen in Krakow to Jakub Hersch Klagsbald, 17 July 1940; - Identity card of Jakob Hersch Klagsbald, issued in the Krakow Ghetto, 20 March 1941; the card contains exit permit stamps to forced labor assignments, 02 September 1941-02 February 1942; details of his three children are also recorded: Estera, born 09 December 1929; Mojzesz, born 28...

File Number : 1211

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish, English, German

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